Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music
| OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music | |
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| Compilation album | |
| Released | 2000 | 
| Recorded | 1948 – 1980 | 
| Length | 3 CDs | 
| Label | Ellipsis Arts | 
| Producer | Thomas Ziegler, Jason Gross, and Russell Charno | 
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating | 
| AllMusic | |
| Pitchfork | 9/10[2] | 
OHM: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music is a compilation of early electronic music and excerpts from 1948 to 1980.[3][4] Many works are essentially experiments with sound, using a variety of non-traditional instruments including homemade circuits, tape ribbon, and early synthesisers.
Artists featured in the compilation include:
- Maryanne Amacher
 - Robert Ashley
 - Milton Babbitt
 - Louis and Bebe Barron
 - François Bayle
 - David Behrman
 - John Cage
 - John Chowning
 - Alvin Curran
 - Holger Czukay
 - Tod Dockstader
 - Charles Dodge
 - Herbert Eimert and Robert Beyer
 - Brian Eno
 - Luc Ferrari
 - Jon Hassell
 - Paul Lansky
 - Hugh Le Caine
 - Alvin Lucier
 - Otto Luening
 - Richard Maxfield
 - Olivier Messiaen
 - Musica Elettronica Viva (MEV)
 - Pauline Oliveros
 - Bernard Parmegiani
 - Steve Reich
 - Terry Riley
 - Jean-Claude Risset
 - Clara Rockmore
 - Oskar Sala
 - Pierre Schaeffer
 - Klaus Schulze
 - Raymond Scott
 - Laurie Spiegel
 - Karlheinz Stockhausen
 - Morton Subotnick
 - David Tudor
 - Vladimir Ussachevsky
 - Edgard Varèse
 - Iannis Xenakis
 - La Monte Young
 - Joji Yuasa
 
References
- ^ "Ohm: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music, 1948-1980 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
 - ^ "Various Artists: OHM+: The Early Gurus of Electronic Music: 1948-1980". Pitchfork.
 - ^ "Various Artists: OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music, 1948-1980". Music.
 - ^ "A Tidy History of a Messy Tradition". archive.nytimes.com.
 
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